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Genesis 12:12

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12 Therefore it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1454

Studere hoc loco

  
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1454. 'And he built an altar to Jehovah' means external worship of His Father arising out of that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'an altar' as the chief representative in worship, 921.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.